If you want to become certified to teach anger management classes, what
are your choices of training programs? Actually, there are numerous
"models" of anger management that work well- despite the claims of some
that there is only one training model that works.

Some organizations warn that if consumers are trained by anyone else but
them, they are not legitimate or credible. Wouldn't it seem ridiculous
that only one program in the entire world could produce a well trained
anger management provider? Of course not. Consumers should make their
choice of anger management training by reviewing the program content,
not marketing propaganda by other organizations. Clearly there is room
for various models of anger management intervention, just as there is
room for varies models of psychotherapy, medicine and other
interventions.

Actually, consumers should look around and pick a training model that
best fits their particular clients. Following is a list of reasons why
we believe the Century Anger Management Model should be strongly
considered:

1. It was developed by two experienced psychotherapists, both with Ph.D.
degrees, and both licensed by the state of California to practice.
This is important because anger management involves an array of clinical
skills, both in assessment and practice. The 40-hour training program
they developed includes many modules based on their research, education,
and training. This ensures the best possible background for those doing
anger management individually or in classes or groups.

2. Century Anger Management is very user-friendly. We will support you
during your training and after you have been certified. We answer all
emails and all phone calls. We value our providers and do everything we
can to keep providers current in our model of anger management. Our
certification is valid for two years- with very inexpensive continuing
education after that.

3. We have now trained hundreds of providers in California and
elsewhere. While we can't claim that we are the biggest anger management
training company yet, we are growing and we try harder. Our model is
used by many large organizations such as the Salvation Army, numerous
Probation Departments, military installations, and County Mental Health
Systems, and approved by the CA State Board of Corrections to train
probation, parole and correctional officers.

4. We offer two ways you can become certified - through Live Training or
through our new home-study program. This makes it flexible and
convenient for both local people and people across the country who can
benefit from our model without having to fly to California to be
trained.

5. Unlike most other training organizations in anger management, we
offer many free resources to providers and consumers alike, to help
people with their anger issues. This includes free newsletters,
podcasts, articles, and other resource materials.

The Florida Certification Board is the state’s premier non-profit agency for protecting the citizens of Florida
by ensuring that Certified Professionals working in a wide range of
professions are providing safe and competent services to the public.

Certification is the term applied to the process whereby an
individual voluntarily submits his/her credentials for review based
upon clearly identified competencies, criteria, or standards. The
primary purpose of certification is to ensure that personnel employed
in a given field meet high standards of performance.

The Florida Certification Board is led by a team of nationally
recognized experts with tremendous expertise in certification program
development, implementation and administration.

The aggressive driver fails to consider the impact he or she
has on other drivers. When this type of a person gets the behind the
wheel of a vehicle, it gives him a sense of control and power. He is
driving a 3,500-pound weapon, and you had better get out of his way.

There is a difference between aggressive driving and road
rage. Aggressive driving is when a person commits infractions. Road
rage is when the incident turns into a criminal offense.

Road rage requires determined and reckless disregard for the
safety of others. Road rage is intentional and involves violent
behavior."Full story Click here

What started out as a fun warm summer afternoon turned dangerous for a couple riding on a motorcycle on East King Street.

Melissa Fochtman was a passenger on her fiance's motorcycle on June 12 and ended up in a cat-and-mouse game with a minivan on Lincoln Way East.

The number of cars and motorcycles on local roads is growing with the population, which means more instances of careless or reckless driving. When tempers flare, as was the case on June 12, the results can be costly.

ROCHESTER — Police on state and local highways say they are concerned about an increase in the number and severity of road rage incidents taking place this summer.Full story in the Foster's Online from Dover, New Hamphire.

Is aggressive driving a problem for you or someone you love?Anger management classes in Orange,Long Beach, and Laguna Beach, California often help to re-adjust your attitude and teach you how to control that reaction that turns you into a dangerous road warrier quite unlike your normal sane self.

No time for classes? Download our anger management workbook at stopyouranger.com and learn how to do it on you own time!

Road Rage and inconsiderate driving seems to be on the increase. If we make an error on the road, some suggest we carry a "sorry sign" to hold as way of apology - to defuse the situation and prevent escalation of anger. Do you think this would help?

Dr. Bruce Sharkin of Kutztown University in Pennsylvania, an expert on road rage, estimated in a recent study that 400 billion "hostile exchanges" between motorists take place in the United States every year. Road rage results in thousands of car-crash injuries and hundreds of deaths, but no agency yet counts them.

"Clearly, road rage has become a significant public health concern, and in many ways, a mental health concern as well," he wrote in a recent study published in the Journal of Counseling and Development. "Driving behaviors such as tailgating, cutting someone off, making obscene gestures and flashing one's headlights are becoming more and more commonplace in everyday driving situations"

After a wreck last fall put his girlfriend in a coma, Ryan Douglas Fegles told police that two drivers playing a game of cat-and-mouse forced his car into oncoming traffic and caused the crash that sent several people - including two newborns - to the hospital.

But evidence at the scene told a different story and led to Fegles' arrest, Eugene police Sgt. Tony Baker said recently in Eugene, Oregon.

"He had two miles to disengage from this (other driver), to stop or take a side street," Baker said. "But he made a decision to display his anger. It is deadly, dangerous, costly, and he's realizing now it could lead to his confinement." Full story click here

Comment: Road rage is often an escalating dance with drivers in both cars needing to take some resposnibility for the outcome. In our anger management classes, we teach participants not to make eye contact with aggressive drivers and to relax to reduce stress, as well as practice different "self-talk" statements to stop or reduce those angry feelings.